Said this before, malay is relatively an easy language to learn. Roman alphabets, consistent pronunciation rules, non-gendered nouns, no changes to verb for past-present-future tenses, borrowed english terms.
It's baby mode of Rosetta Stone. Definitely no excuse if you're born / lived here for a long time.
While I really feel sorry for people who have to deal with rude civil servants, I also feel that it is totally unacceptable that a person who wants a Malaysian passport can't even speak Malay. You are not giving a speech to the immigration staff, just asking simple questions and even this also cannot means how to know whether you are really a citizen or someone with fake documents? Claimed to have studied in SG but English also berterabur can't understand what you are trying to convey. Very difficult to have sympathy for such a person.
I think she understands Malay but just cannot speak it due to never mingle with other races. Like a lot of people can read and write English but cannot speak it.
Immi staff need to be more considerate la. Ini budak baru belajar, patient a bit. No need make until auntie cry.
Means government can strip your citizenship based on this clause alone. Immi and JPN has powers to annual your citizenship if you fail to grasp this even basic language. Just because they didnt dont, doesn't mean they can't. Sure, you can always hire a lawyer to fight this in court Already one guy voicing it out https://worldofbuzz.com/university-professo...le-citizenship/
Good luck Last time this was removed but doesn't mean it won't be reintroduce again looking at our politics at the moment
Again, you confound what might happen with what is already the law now, you cannot strip a person of Malaysian citizenship for not knowing the national language. Future we don't know.
I kinda disagree, my privileges as a Malaysian are not determined by whether I know BM or not, if I am a citizen, then I should be able to get a passport, an IC, etc.
Do IRB tax me based on my knowledge of BM (no because the tax laws are not made like that, same argument - is passport/IC eligibility based on mastery of BM or based on citizenship/PR status?)? If govt can tax me, then govt should provide services due to me as a taxpayer and citizen.
Lucky la born citizen. If you want to apply for Malaysia citizenship, BM knowledge is a requirement.
TS is a known racist prick but I agree that citizens should be able to speak at least basic Malay. Feels like cina kampung people. If even the mom studied in SG but still a malaysian citiizen but dont want to pick up basic malay, then dont blame others for being rude to you.
no farking pity for the aunty... I mean, it's ok for you to reside in a country without knowing / speaking their language, but not right / reasonable if you are that country's citizen holding their passport
too much lah as malaysian if cannot even understand some simple bahasa......my aunty never go school because need to take care of siblings, but she can speak broken bahasa, not fluently, but still can survive talking to malay fren n going to pasar tani lah.
'I was insulted once again in my life by doing passport🥺'
I was scolded... because the officials has no time for me. Boo hoo...
"It is very important to speak Malay when going abroad to Taiwan." The officer has a valid point. Immigration at arrival in airports can deny entry if they suspect that passport holder has a fake passport or another person's passport.
Pity him, give long long advice and wrongly understood as a scolding and an insult.
"Sorry, I am divorced, so my daughter has been with me since she was a child. I don’t know her father’s name."
Tis why I reading it as above... she's clearly nuts. Divorced and yet don't know former husband's name!!! Hahahaha 🤣
This post has been edited by ScooterBoi: Nov 30 2023, 02:44 PM